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Miniature Manufacturers
There are many manufacturers of miniature figures. Most of the figures
in my gallery are Reaper minis, but I've recently purchased some models
from different companies. Here's a short list of my favorites, but there
are many more:
Reaper
Dark Sword
Thunderbolt Mountain
Fenryll
Games Workshop
Dragonblood
Freebooter
Easternfront Studios
Painting
Although some miniature painters are known to use oil-based paints, the vast
majority prefer water-soluble acrylic paints. You can buy low-grade hobby
paint at any craft store, but when painting at such a small scale, most artist
prefer paints specifically made for the job. The biggest manufacturers are
Games Workshop (Citadel paint),
Reaper (Pro-Paints, and Master Series
Paint), and Vallejo. I use
GW, because they are readily available at my local gaming store, and that's what
I've gotten used to. Unlike most other mini painters, I do not have a
large collection of paints. I prefer to work with a basic set of about a
dozen colors, and mix all my own custom shades. I use a Winsor & Newton
wet palette, that
looks something like this. The paints and palette are not expensive, but once I gained some
skill in the hobby, I did invest in some quality natural brushes. I use
Windsor and Newton Series 7 Kolinsky Sable brushes #0, and #3/0, available
online at
DickBlick.com
Sculpting
I don't do any mini sculpting, but many hobbyists do. In fact, the
best professional mini sculptors are typically hired by the manufacturers to
create the very figures that I paint. Minis are usually sculpted from a
two-part epoxy putty. The most common of these is
green stuff, because half of the epoxy is blue, the other yellow, and it
turns green when mixed together. I use green stuff to fill gaps between
joints on assembled minis, or to sculpt small additions, or custom bases.
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